2025 Annual Meeting, Friends of Cherokee Marsh
Sat, Jan 25
|Warner Park Community Recreation Center
Friends and Parks updates, board election, plus learn fascinating things about Wisconsin's native mussels!
Time & Location
Jan 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Warner Park Community Recreation Center , 1625 Northport Dr, Madison, WI 53704, USA
About the event
We'll begin with a business meeting to review 2024, look forward to 2025, and elect directors for 2025-2026.
Paul Quinlan from Madison Parks and Claire Lamberg from Dane County Parks will update us on news, happenings, and opportunities in Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park and county properties at Cherokee Marsh..
Our special guest presenter will be Lisie Kitchel, Conservation Biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and expert on Wisconsin's native mussels. Kitchel has been working with mussels since the 1970s and has an encyclopedic knowledge of them. She'll tell us about Wisconsin’s diverse yet hidden treasure—the freshwater mussel/clam. Learn all about our state’s 50 native species, their fascinating life cycle, relationship with fish, and amazing contributions to the history of Wisconsin, from food to buttons to pearls. You are guaranteed to come away with a greater appreciation of these unique animals, their role in water quality, and their beauty. Wartybacks, white heelsplitters, plain…